US Court of International Trade Orders Commerce Department to Redo Countervailing Duties on Canadian Lumber
Trade court orders Commerce to redo countervailing duties
The US Court of International Trade has ordered the US Department of Commerce to redo countervailing duties on Canadian lumber, instructing the department to “better explain its refusal to check whether suppliers for investigated companies had received government subsidies,” Woodworking Network reported (4-25-24), citing Law360.
The Commerce Department conducts an annual review of its anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders. Preliminary results from the fifth administrative review of the duty orders were released on February 1st.
In its ruling, the Court of International Trade said, “Commerce’s Final Results are remanded in part and sustained in part,” and ordered that “on remand, Commerce shall reconsider or further explain its determination not to account for subsidies received by suppliers of lumber to the CVD expedited review respondents.”
The Court directed Commerce to file its remand redetermination on or before July 22nd.
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